Creating the Organizational Capacity to Serve Families with Parental Mental Illness: The Implementation of Family Options

Summary: The purpose of this presentation is to present preliminary findings describing the organizational context of a traditionally adult-serving community mental health program, Employment Options, Inc., as they implement a family-centered, strengths-based intervention for families living with parental mental illness

Paternal Postpartum Depression [English and Spanish versions]

While postpartum depression (PPD) has historically been associated primarily with mothers, recently there has been increased awareness of the experience of fathers and strategies to address postpartum depression in men. For fathers willing to seek help, the lack of recognition of paternal PPD results in limited supports and treatments. Given the potential implications of paternal PPD, it is essential for new fathers and their healthcare providers to recognize the prevalence of paternal PPD, the symptoms, and the challenges surrounding this issue for men. A Spanish translation of this publication is available to download under Additional Files

Toward a Family-Centered Approach: Families Coping with Parental Mental Illness

Summary: Family-centered approaches have emerged from the child mental health arena. The family-centered model stems from the recognition that children and adults live and function in families and that children are best served when their families are supported. Historically, there has been much silence about the parenting role among adults with mental illness. Traditional mental health services have largely ignored this central reality in the lives of adult clients who are parents and their children. As issues of parenting are typically not included in mental health service planning, the needs of parents with mental illness and their children remain unknown and/or unaddressed

Psychiatry Issue Briefs: A Librarian/Faculty Publishing Collaboration

Describes the collaboration between the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School to publish an electronic journal via the university\u27s institutional repository. Presented at the MAHSLIN 2011 Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011 in Waltham, Mass

Supporting Clubhouse Members in their Role as Parents

Clubhouses, built on the principles of recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation, have nottraditionally identified and responded to the parenting related goals of club members.This poster presents findings for the conditions necessary to support Clubhouse members in their roles as parents

PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM) Research Study [English and Spanish versions]

A Spanish translation of this publication is available to download under Additional Files below. An ongoing pilot study of PRISM (PRogram In Support of Moms) suggests that while both MCPAP (Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project) for Moms and PRISM improve maternal perinatal depression symptoms, there is a greater decrease in depression severity with the additional intervention components included in PRISM. Over the next 5 years, investigators will run a randomized control trial that compares a set of 6 Massachusetts practices using MCPAP for Moms to a set of 6 practices using MCPAP for Moms plus PRISM

Enhancing the Social Networks of People with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Study on the Role of Peer-Operated Recovery Learning Communities [English and Spanish versions]

A Spanish translation of this publication is available to download under Additional Files below. In 2014, researchers from the UMass Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center (SPARC) partnered with the Central Massachusetts Recovery Learning Communities (RLC) to complete a pilot study exploring the relationship between RLC participation and experiences of social integration. Utilizing participatory action research (PAR) principles, investigators from both SPARC and the RLC worked collaboratively to design an exploratory qualitative study, analyze data, and present findings

Supporting the Education of Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions: Part 2: State of the Practice

The majority of college students with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) do not finish school, jeopardizing their long-term employment. Can supported education services help? Marsha Ellison, Michelle Mullen and Kathleen Biebel, researchers and trainers of supported education services, hosted a 2-part webinar series presenting the state of the science of the practice of supported education and related strategies for achieving post-secondary education goals of young adults with SMHC. What are the education support needs of youth and young adults with mental health conditions? What are the practices and services that meet those needs? Part 1 - State of the Science is also available